Baling-press.



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, Patented Aug. 27, I901. L. H. CULBEBTSON & w.'KmKPATn|cK.

BALING PRESS.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1901.)

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L. H. GULBEBTSON 8:. W. KIRKPATRICK. BALING PRESS.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1901.)

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' To all whom it may concern:

; 1 UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

LABAN H. ouLnEnTsoN- AND WILLIAMKIRKPATRICK, or DEXTER,

MISSOURI.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,200, dated August 27, 1901..

Application filed March 27, 1901. Serial llo. 53,111. (No model.)

Be it known that we, LABAN H. OULBERT SON and WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, citizens of the United States, residing at Dexter, in the county of Stoddard and State of Missouri, haveinv ented a new and useful Baling-Press,

of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to baling-presses, and has for its object to provide improvements in the manner of mounting and operating the plunger-rod thereof, so as to obtain an effective operation of the machine and to conveniently take up the jar caused by the rebounding of the plunger. It is furthermore feeding device, which is-thrown into opera- ,tion immediately afterth'e rebounding of the plunger. 1

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being fss understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of I 1 the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional viewpf a baling-press constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan section i thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View i p of the plunger and its plunger-rod. 1 4Q responding frame portion, which supportsthe operating mechanism, and 2 designates the press-box,

which is provided in its top with the usual hopper. 3, through which the hay or other material to be baled is fed. Within the baling or press box there is slidably mounted the plunger-head 4, which is slidable in opposite directions across the floor or bottom of the frame and press-box.

The plunger-rod 5 is in the form ofa plate,

having one end secured to the middle of the lel strips or cleats 8, secured longitudinally upon the top of the floor and embracing the opposite sides of the plunger, the ends of the cleats terminating short of the ends of the plunger-rod. The forward end of the plunger-rod issupportedupon a pair of rollers 9, which are mounted upon a suitable spindle 10, projected at opposite sides of the rod, the rollers being disposed outwardly from the respective sides of the rod and mounted to travel upon the floor, so as to reduce the friction as much as possible. In rear of the plunger-rod and alined longitudinally therewith is a bumper-bar 11, that has its inner end provided with a block of rubber 12 and arranged at the outward limit of the plungerrod, so as to receive the impact thereof and thereby take up the jar. As an additional means for taking up the jar of the rebound of the plunger there is provided the coiled or helical springs 13, carried by opposite sides of the plunger-rod and connected thereto by means of the brackets 14, the springs being located normally in advance of the forward ends of the guide-cleats and arranged to come in contact therewith at the outer limit of the plunger and thereby take up the jar.

To impart a forward movement to the plunger there is provided a pair of gear-wheels- 15, mounted upon a transverse shaft 16, that.

tated in the direction of the arrow shown 100 in Fig. 1 of the drawings. It will now be understood that the upper rear end of the plunger-rod is rounded to facilitate the engagement of the crank 17 with the plunger-rod.

To return the plunger to its original position after it has been forced to its forward limit and the crank has risen out of engagement therewith there is provided a helical spring 18, lying beneath the floor and having its outer end provided with a hook or eye 19 for detachable engagement wit-h an eye or hooked bolt 20 carried by one of the crosssills of the frame, the opposite end of the spring being connected to the lower end of a bolt or rod 21, that is passed through the plunger-rod and also through a longitudinal slot 22 in the bottom of the floor. It will be understood that said spring is extended during the forward movement of the plunger, and as soon as the operating device is tripped out' of engagement with the plunger said spring will contract, and thereby force the plunger rearwardly to its original position, the bumper and the springs 13 taking up the jar of the rebound thereof. Any suitable means may be employed for driving the crank-wheels-as, for instance, a belt-wheel 23, in connection with a suitable engine and mounted upon the frame 1, with intermediate gearing 2i in connection with the crank wheels.

To pack or feed the material to be baled into the hopper there is provided a lever 25, which is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon a suitable bracket 26, carried by the frame of the machine and in advance of the hopper, so that the forward end of the lever may normally lie between the wheels and in the path of the'crank 17, just after it disengages from the pin nger-rod. A helical spring 27 has one end connected to the lever and its opposite end connected to the frame, so as to normally and yieldingly hold the lever in its normal position for engagement by the crank. The opposite end of the lever is disposed centrally over. the top of the hopper and is provided with a lateral arm 28, carrying a cross-.

In a paling-press, the combination with the floor of the frame thereof, which is provided with a longitudinal slot, of a plunger, having a plunger-rod slidably mounted upon the floor and over the slot therein, a headed projection carried by the plunger-rod and working in the slot in the floor, the head of the projection lying at the under side of the fioor and forminga stop for engagement therewith to prevent upward displacement of the plunger-rod, and a rebounding-spring connected 3 at opposite ends to the headed projection and apart of the frame, the spring also lying be low the floor.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

L.- H. CULBERTSON'. WM. KIRKPATRICK. Witnesses:

J. W. WHISTLE,

T. DUGAN. 

